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Atlanta's College Start-Up
A look at Atlanta's new Holy Spirit College.
Editor's note: This school is listed in The National Catholic Register's 2010 College Guide, a 192-page book that expands on the Catholic Identity College List, with essential data on schools' costs and financing, degrees and curricula, religious and extracurricular activities, and more. See the end of the article for ordering information.
ATLANTA — If it's true that when a door closes, a window is opened, then Atlanta's Holy Spirit College is the window to Southern Catholic College's closed door. While Holy Spirit College has actually existed since 2005, it formally opened for undergraduate students this fall with an inaugural class of five students. It's not only the country's smallest Catholic college, but also its newest.
As Georgia's only Catholic college, it hopes to fill the void left when Southern Catholic College closed last year. The college, which is part of Holy Spirit Catholic Church and upper school campus, offers a bachelor's of philosophy degree with majors in theology, philosophy and Catholic education.
Located on 34 acres in a wealthy neighborhood on the northern border between Atlanta and the suburb of Sandy Springs, the college has its own classrooms, offices, library, chapel and study lounge, which are provided by Holy Spirit Church. Originally, the college was founded to offer dual credit courses in the liberal arts to students enrolled at Holy Spirit Preparatory School. Approximately 140 students have taken advantage of the dual-credit option. The college is pre-accredited through the American Academy for Liberal Education.
The college expects additional students for its spring semester. "I'd like to see an eventual undergraduate program of about 200 students," said Gareth Genner, president of the college. Msgr. Edward Dillon, pastor of Holy Spirit Church and former vicar general for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, serves as chancellor.
Entire Faculty Has Mandatum
"We think 'authentically Catholic' in everything we do," said the school's provost, Jamie Arthur. "It's the foundation that the school is built upon."
Whereas only Catholic theology professors typically seek the mandatum at a Catholic college or university, at Holy Spirit College, the entire faculty of 18 seeks it.
The text of the mandatum, which is stipulated by canon law, reads: "I hereby declare my role and responsibility as a teacher of a theological discipline within the full communion of the Church. As a teacher of a theological discipline, therefore, I am committed to teach authentic Catholic doctrine and to refrain from putting forth as Catholic teaching anything contrary to the Church's magisterium."
At the convocation Mass at the beginning of the school year, Archbishop Wilton Gregory presented all of the faculty with the mandatum.
Having the entire faculty receive the mandatum is unusual, but it is in keeping with what Holy Spirit College is trying to do.
"Theology is interwoven throughout the program," said Arthur. "Because it's integrated, we want to ensure that we are true to the magisterium, Scripture and the teachings of the Church."
President Genner explained: "At Holy Spirit, it's not just an English professor standing in front lecturing. A professor is teaching from the great Catholic works, interacting with students at High Table [the college's twice-monthly formal dinner with students and faculty], mentoring and influencing students beyond the curriculum. We regard every single professor as a teacher of theology."
"We have an unequivocal commitment to teaching the truths of the faith," said Genner. "Students attracted to that will find a community that supports them."
The college borrows some of its traditions from European education. Professors, for example, wear teaching robes while in class — something truly distinctive about Holy Spirit.
"There are times when teachers are not peers in dialogue, but an instructor," said Genner. "The robe signifies a demarcation."
Size Isn't Everything
The school's size is both its greatest strength and its greatest weakness.
The advantage of such a small school, said Genner, is that "you can create faculty and student relationships that are closer than you could achieve elsewhere." Every student has a faculty mentor who is required to have dinner with them monthly on campus.
Students, such as freshman Thomas Moorhouse, said that while there are fewer opportunities for social activities, the school has been purposeful about providing opportunities for the current class to bond together.
The students began the year with a retreat. On Mondays, there is a supper study group. On Tuesday evenings, students are free to participate in a Bible study supper group. Wednesdays are reserved for parish fellowship dinners or cookouts as well as intramural pick-up basketball or tennis. On alternating Thursdays, students are required to attend Formal Hall (the other name for High Table). The other Thursdays are often reserved for a social outing, such as dinner and a visit to an art exhibit, attending a baseball game, or participating in laser tag or bowling. Three public lectures are held each semester. Fridays are open for cultural or sporting events, alternating with pizza and movie nights. The college is also partnering with the Aquinas Center at nearby Emory University to make additional activities, events and lectures available to students.
Partnering With Ave Maria
As part of their education, each student is provided with an iPad, preloaded with research applications by the college librarian.
The college has a rapidly expanding library. In response to the school's request for book donations, it received more than 3,000 volumes, making it necessary to move the campus library to a larger space within the parish building complex.
The college also has an agreement with Ave Maria University, whereby students who would like to start their education at Holy Spirit, but desire to major in a subject area not offered by Holy Spirit, are able to transfer to Ave Maria and have the core curriculum coursework transfer. Holy Spirit has adopted Ave Maria's core-curriculum requirements, with one notable exception.
One unique component to Holy Spirit College is its Environmental Energy Center. The school's environmental courses serve as its science lab class requirement. Therefore, Holy Spirit's environmental science courses fulfill Ave Maria's core natural science requirement. Holy Spirit uses the environmental science courses to teach about stewardship of the Earth from a Catholic perspective. The classes incorporate an interdisciplinary approach, combining theology and philosophy with the sciences. As part of the environmental science course, students choose and implement their own project.
In addition, the college is also creating a Master of Theology program, which will offer a master's in theology and a master's in theological studies. Because of demand locally, administrators believe that the M.A. program will grow faster than the undergraduate program.
"With a Catholic population of 800,000 in the state, a huge market exists," said Msgr. Dillon.
The school's evident commitment to an authentic Catholic education, coupled with a strong academic curriculum, makes Holy Spirit a promising school for those seeking a high level of individualized attention in one of the school's three majors. Holy Spirit College is likely to do nothing but grow.
Tim Drake is based in St. Joseph, Minnesota.
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You are one month old today! The last four weeks have gone by in a rotation of feedings, diaper changes, naps, baths and tummy time. Your Daddy and I were blessed to have over three weeks at home together with you before he had to return to work. They were moments I wouldn't trade for anything as we got to know every inch of you, your developing little personality and started to figure out this thing called parenthood. We've done our very best to love you up as much as we could every single day, knowing how fleeting each moment would be.
At one month, you are awake more and more each day, sometimes for an hour and a half or more. You will tolerate tummy time for about ten minutes before howling to be turned over on your back to enjoy looking up at the animals hanging from the arch over your play mat. We've discovered three things that are sure to calm you in these early days: your Greek lullabies, Bon Jovi and looking at our ceiling fans. While you are still too young to have a favorite toy, you do like to look at the Sassy light up rattle when Mommy or Daddy spin it for you and you enjoy your time in your bouncy seat looking at your dangling monkey, elephant and giraffe friends. Lights and contrast are just fascinating!
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You are still warming to bath time. You like having your hair washed and rinsed but, the rest of you? Not so much. You are consistent in the fact that you do not like to be undressed for baths, clothing or diaper changes. You are warm all of the time, our little furnace, and you like to stay that way!
Mommy nurses you for all of your feedings and you eat like a champ. Right now, we are averaging two and a half to three hours between meals but, you give me an occasional 4+ hour stretch. Your one month pediatrician appointment is tomorrow morning and we can't wait to see how much weight you have gained and what you are measuring now. What I know for sure is that you are far too long now for all of your newborn size sleepers and the days of your newborn onesies are numbered...I give them until the end of the week. It seems you are long and slim though, since all of your 0-3 month clothes are swimming on you.
The last month has been full of more joys than I could possibly count.
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At the height of the so-called culture wars of 20 years past — when the late Senators Strom Thurmond and Jesse Helms were raging against the "obscene" solo artists funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and performers like Tim Miller and their supporters were fighting back in kind — you could look from the sidelines and marvel at the distance between these two passionate American constituencies. Never the twain shall meet, it seemed.
Well, in Lee Blessing's very amusing little play "Chesapeake," now in a most lively production in Chicago from the Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, the twain do meet. With one such senator's dog, a savvy Chesapeake Bay retriever named Lucky, acting as a very involved intermediary.
Sure, Blessing fictionalizes the narrative characters — the folksy, pooch-loving senator of whom we hear (but never see) is named Therm Pooley. And Blessing tells his shaggy-dog story entirely through the mouth of a performance artist named Kerr, played by Greg Matthew Anderson, which inevitably stacks the deck. But since Kerr is painfully insecure, a trait that goes with the territory, "Chesapeake" in no way ends up as a mere rehashing of familiar argument, but manages to be both wry and reflective.
At one exemplary point, Kerr bemoans the way the arts come up with painfully symbolic forms of political protest, such as the Day Without Art. "What will we do?" Kerr asks in mock horror, "wait until tomorrow?"
There are plenty of other laughs in this ironic show — which surely is Blessing's funniest piece of work to date. This particular production, deftly directed by Shawn Douglass, benefits greatly from Anderson's carefully toned and, more importantly, vulnerable performance. You find yourself liking this neurotic artist, a fellow who can't say for certain if he has anything to offer an audience, and looking forward to his next attempt to discover more about his famous political nemesis and his political prop of a dog.
"Chesapeake" is, for a sure, a little long and it sags some in the middle of the second act, when Kerr finds himself in very strange circumstances. It would be better, for sure, if the amusements were contained in a single act.
But to Blessing's great credit, "Chesapeake" can be enjoyed by people who don't give a darn about whether or not the NEA gets re-authorized or whether those feisty senators from the Carolinas knew whereof they spoke. But if you do have an interest in the arts, and in the dastardly doings of its perennial antagonists on the right, you'll have a very good time.
For Anderson, a Chicago actor who has been waiting for such a chance to demonstrate what he can do, this is a fine hour, not the least because he gets the tone of his guy exactly right. Solo shows never work unless you like the actor with whom you are investing your evening, and Anderson is so fun and empathetic, you're sorry to see him exit.
In the most revealing moment of the night, which Anderson milks quite deliciously, our hero Kerr comes to see he has been wrong about one very important thing. Conservatives don't really want to abolish the NEA, it's too useful a tool with which to beat liberals over the head.
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New York Knicks guard J.R. Smith has been suspended for five games for violating the National Basketball Association's (NBA) anti-drug program, the league said on Friday.
Smith, who won the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year award last season for his play off the bench, is recovering from offseason knee surgery and may not be fit for his team's season opener on October 30.
His suspension will begin with the first game of the 2013-14 NBA season for which he is eligible and physically able to play, the league said in a statement.
Taken with the 18th overall pick by New Orleans in the 2004 draft, Smith recorded career-highs in points (18.1) and rebounds (5.3) last season.
He signed a three-year $17.9 million deal with the Knicks in July.


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They're calling for loads of rain and storms today. I'm doing the bike and bus thing with my mountain bike today. The plan is to hit the express bus a few miles away.
The good thing is that the temperatures will be all set for a really nice riding weekend, including some cooler temperatures tomorrow for the trip to work.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Mmm. Rain.
They're calling for loads of rain and storms today. I'm doing the bike and bus thing with my mountain bike today. The plan is to hit the express bus a few miles away.
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- MRMacrum said...
Just an update. Even though the truck is mine to use, I have so far continued to commute this week.
Did a night ride last night in the rain. Greasy, slippery, slimy roots and rocks did their best to take me out. But I had a good night. Only went down once hard. I like riding in the rain when it goers my way.
- July 19, 2007 8:30 AM
- Noah said...
That's awesome news, Crum!
I also have a car that's mine to use whenever I want, but it's costly to operate when you count the fact that it's $5-$8 per day for a decent parking spot anywhere near work. And if I drive it to get lunch, it's another $5-$8 - You can't keep your spot for the day. And the parking attendants watch you like a hawk. Evil bastages.
It sounds like you get to do it of your own willpower, which is great news. Keep it up!
- July 19, 2007 8:38 AM
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We broke the record books we had so much rain in Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area. The news radio stations all reported power outages across the East Bay from the storms, with tens of thousands without power. The rainfall was all headline news.
The record rainfall we received for July? 6/100ths of an inch. Some areas on the Peninsula received as much as 12/100ths of an inch!! Yes, the reporters really called this a "storm," and this rain really did break records -- the usual rainfall for July is zero.
- July 19, 2007 5:37 PM
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What Would a President Romney Do on K-12?
What would a Mitt Romney presidency look like when it comes to K-12? Now that it's more of a horse race than it was before I took my October hiatus, this is a more interesting question. I walk through the likely implications of a Romney win in the most recent Phi Delta Kappan (see here). But, for those in a hurry, here are a couple highlights:
Big Picture: The safe bet is that a President Romney would keep much of the same substantive agenda as Obama, but would do so with a lighter touch, less spending, and more emphasis on choice. In particular, a Romney administration is more likely to differ on the appropriate federal role in pushing those policies. As Harvard professor and chief Romney education adviser Marty West says, "[Romney] believes the federal government is poorly positioned to specify what needs to be done at the local level."
NCLB: Romney embraces NCLB's core testing and transparency requirements and wants a reauthorization that holds fast to those, while jettisoning much of the law's balky, intrusive "remedy cascade" and other prescriptions. The tension is that Romney has pledged both to reduce the federal footprint and to use federal levers to push states to offer more choice. How to do both of those things will prove a key challenge. When it comes to flexibility, the Obama administration's widespread use of NCLB waivers has appalled conservatives and is noxious to any Republican worried about Washington overreach. But it also stands as a mouth-watering precedent and invitation for an administration eager to pursue its agenda without having to woo or wait upon Congress.
Spending: Romney's campaign document, "A Chance for Every Child," states, "Unfortunately, like a man with a hammer that sees every problem as a nail, President Obama's policy response to every education challenge has been more federal spending," with little in the way of results. Rather than boosting funding, Romney has pledged to "focus on ensuring that money is spent well." Indeed, the campaign has vowed to pursue across-the-board cuts in domestic spending. However, at the first presidential debate Romney promised he "would not cut education funding." Given that he's pledged to cut taxes, balance the budget, and get rid of the deficit, a President Romney would have a hard time squaring this circle.
Common Core: The Obama administration's enthusiastic embrace of the Common Core through Race to the Top, the ESEA "blueprint," and in granting NCLB waivers, has helped encourage 40-odd states to adopt the reading and math standards. In doing so, though, it has lent the whole exercise a strong whiff of federal involvement and made it increasingly partisan. Campaign adviser Marty West has declared that a President Romney would seek to terminate support for the assessment consortia. However, Romney is more likely to select a Common Core-friendly Secretary than a skeptic. This would mean two things. First, the exit of the Obama team may mollify conservative legislators and state board members, helping Common Core proponents in the scramble to fund implementation and adopt new assessments. Second, Romney officials would be able to reassure Republicans about the Common Core, which may actually be more helpful at this stage for the effort's prospects.
School Choice: Perhaps the sharpest distinction between the Obama administration and a prospective Romney administration lies with the issue of school choice. Romney's major proposal would expand school choice by essentially turning $15 billion in Title I funding and $12 billion in IDEA funds into "vouchers" that eligible students could spend to attend any district, charter, or private school (state law permitting) or for tutoring programs or digital courses. This Reagan-era proposal poses an opportunity to broaden notions of public school choice, but faces several challenges. These include the very modest per-pupil sums it would entail, the question of how to push states to comply, and the likelihood that critics would contend that the plan would functionally steer federal funds away from some of the nation's poorest schools.
By the way, if you didn't catch last week's AEI debate between the Romney and Obama edu-spokesmen (Marty West for Romney and Jon Schnur for Obama), you can catch their clash on C-SPAN here. It's the only time during the campaign that the two camps will have debated education in Washington-- and it made me wish all debates were as substantive and civil as theirs was.


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Inspiration Monday: Eileen Gray
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Some of you may have been as stunned as I was when Eileen Gray's Dragon Chair went for $28 million at the Yves Saint Laurent auction a year ago. While I find this figure rather ridiculous, I glean a lot of inspiration from my latest book acquisition, EILEEN GRAY. I'm also seeing some of the roots of Kelly Wearstler's latest Bravura Modern phase (I've been trying to understand that since that Domino with her pool house in it came out). Now I am starting to see it everywhere!
You are probably more familiar with the Eileen Gray side table. They use it on practically every episode of HGTV's The Stagers (I love that show, Canadian accents are the greatest, eh?):
My latest inspirations have come from her early play with geometry, namely the squares and rectangles she seemed to embrace before she got into curves. The following are from her lacquer phase:
Her Bilboquet Table: I love those Jenga-like legs!:
This woman was rocking tassels on her Lotus Table before Jonathan Adler's parents, maybe even his grandparents, were even born:
You know, this post is going to get to darn long. I think I'll stop here before Monday is over and continue showing you some treats from the fabulous Ms. Gray next Monday!
Dragon Chair image via Unbeige
Side Table image via amazon
All other images via EILEEN GRAY: Design and Architecture, published by TASCHEN


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I'm currently taking a class in learning java.
Anyways, I am doing a code that was provided and has an error.
We are suppose to review and figure out why it's giving the error and how to fix it.
You coded the following in class Test.java:
The code compiles properly and runs, but the result is not what youint a = 32; int b = 10; double c = a / b; System.out.println( The value of c is + c );
expected. The output is
The value of c is 3.0
You expected the value of c to be 3.2. Explain what the problem is and
how to fix it.
So the problem is the left over value. In the chapter I read it spoke about using % to bring out the remainder. But all the options I could think of wouldn't work.
This is what I wrote with some modification on the original script
int a = 32, b = 10; double c = (double)a/b; c%=c; //tried to float c but that gives the same answer. The issue I believe is a rounding // I know % would be right trick to pull the extra digits. System.out.println("The value of c is " + c); System.exit(0);
I would appreciate any assistance on this
I also tried playing around with
int a, b; double c; b = 10; a = 32; c = a%b;


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Tech is not deadAugust 22, 2013: 1:36 PM ET
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Paul R. La Monica. Other than Time Warner, the parent of CNNMoney, Abbott Laboratories and AbbVie, La Monica does not own positions in any individual stocks.
In a twist on the famous quote by Antony in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, I come to praise tech, not to bury it.
There's been a lot of talk lately about how big tech companies are doing so poorly even though the economy is improving. And while it's true that shares of Oracle (ORCL) and IBM (IBM) have lagged the market this year, Cisco (CSCO) is laying off 4,000 workers due to uncertainty about tech spending and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) is still trying to find a way to diversify beyond the decay that is the PC market, this notion that tech is in a slump is sheer lunacy.
Many tech firms are still expected to post extremely strong results for this year and next. As the chart at the top of this column shows, earnings growth estimates for the 70 companies in the S&P Tech Sector are much higher than for the broader market.
In addition, the Nasdaq -- which is invariably described as being tech-heavy or tech-laden -- has outperformed the Dow and S&P 500 this year. Of course, it helps when the Nasdaq is actually, uh, trading.
Tech at large isn't in a funk. It's just that big, mature tech companies are struggling to adapt to the dynamic shifts in the sector during the past few years.
Look beyond the monolithic mega-cap tech stocks and you'll find plenty of smaller tech firms that are thriving this year.
3D printing has been a red hot industry. Shares of Stratasys (SSYS), the company buying start-up wunderkind Makerbot, are up 30% this year. Rival 3D Systems (DDD), has surged more than 35%.
And another 3D printing company, ExOne (XONE), is merely (#sarcasm) one of the best-performing IPOs in the U.S. this year. The stock is up more than 260% from its initial public offering price.
In the world of software, Marketo (MKTO) has also been a stellar IPO. The stock is up 55% since its public debut in May. Marketo develops cloud-based marketing software. That may not be the sexiest bit of tech in the world. It's not a consumer gadget you can get off the shelf at Best Buy or purchase online at Amazon (AMZN).
But Big Data is a big, lucrative business. Forget about content being king. Data is king. Heck, another data software company that went public this year, and has done extraordinarily well, even used DATA as its ticker symbol: Tableau Software (DATA).
Think about it. Why do you think Facebook (FB) has finally clawed its way back above its IPO price? Investors are betting that Facebook's 1 billion users and growing will turn out to be a true treasure trove of data for advertisers, especially now that Facebook seems to be having success on the mobile front.
Related: Mark Zuckerberg's big idea: 'the next 5 billion people'
Other social media stocks, ranging from LinkedIn (LNKD) to review sites Yelp (YELP) and Angie's List (ANGI), have also surged this year on hopes that they will be able to profit from the immense amount of user data they collect. Highly targeted advertising remains the proverbial holy grail.
And then there's video games. With new consoles from Sony (SNE) and Microsoft (MSFT) coming out in time for the holidays, investors are once again excited about the prospects for big game publishers. Electronic Arts (EA), Activision Blizzard (ATVI) and Take-Two Interactive (TTWO) are all surging.
Finally, you can't ignore Netflix (NFLX) either. This is a company that, to give credit where credit is due, learned from some pretty big mistakes and is once again on top of its game. It really is disrupting the media world. The stock is up almost 200% this year.
Now some of the stocks I've mentioned may be trading at unreasonable valuations. Actually, a lot of them are. But that's not the point. Even if we are in the beginning stages of inflating a new tech bubble, you have to remember that a bubble only forms when things are going well. Stocks just get ahead of themselves.
Tech is far from dead. You just have to realize that there's more to tech than IBM, Microsoft and HP ... and even Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOG) for that matter.
Reader Comment of the Week! I am a sucker for puns. Always have been. Always will be. So it was easy for me to pick this week's top reader comment. It was in response to my snarky tweet about the latest disastrous results from Barnes and Noble (BKS).
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[ABSTRACT (from the Spanish Section):] This is a composition of six panels by the famous artist Manuel Kantor. They adorn our headquarters and represent the six stages of Jewish life and struggle. The author states that it is difficult to write about this kind of art, one must look and admire it.
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(The author is Martin Bornstein's great uncle. Martin's grandfather Mendel Szczukocki is also mentioned in the article.)
In (the year) 1914 when I was a Bar-Mitzvah boy I began to work as a journeyman weaver for Moshe Eliezer Lefkowitz [Lewkowicz] (Vootl) and with that I was able to help out my parents [financially] a little.
As if it were today, I still remember that sad terrible fall. As a 13 year old boy, or youth, I did not precisely understand what as such is (the meaning of) war. I heard how older Jews spoke and commented about different things, which they alone did not properly understand. The air was full of fashionable words, such as: mobilization, offensive, strategic points, and a lot of similar words and meanings. Jews in the Bes Midrash [study house] continuously used to repeat that Fanya Ganev must lose * [The Russian Thief must lose], one carried around a hatred against Russia due to the pogroms and persecution there was not a lack of motives for that hatred.
Immediately when the first Russian soldiers appeared in the town, mainly Cossacks, there began to occur in Belchatow robberies and stealing, and Jews were beaten without motive and without pity.
I remember still the episode when Cossacks came in to Helwik's, in to the beer brewery, they got drunk and broke everything that came in front of their hands. The biggest sacrifice was Itshe Meir Naparstek, who worked there. The Cossacks beat him with murderous blows and broke his hand and foot.
My father, who rented the field by Helwik**, had to run away and hide by a neighbor, Avramtshe Beirich's, and in this manner avoided getting beaten.
In haste the Russians left and Belchatow was occupied by the Germans, who fortunately were not the same Germans as those of the last world war [meaning World War II], and the Jews were able to breathe easier. In a short time around, the Russians once again came in to Belchatow. Bitter battles took place next to Bahrever [Barewer] mountain, not far from Belchatow. The Russian army was strongly entrenched there and the Germans were victims of a great certainty. The Synagogue, the Bet Midrash [study house], and the Gerer Shtibl [Gur Hasidim study house] were requisitioned and infirmaries were set up there for wounded soldiers. The fighting lasted a long time, till the Germans finally pushed out the Russians and put in their own military administration.
The first sacrifice of the new administration, was the Pollack Ribak who had disarmed two German soldiers during the times when the Germans had withdrawn, and for that said crime, the Germans hung him.
The Polaks for revenge informed on a Jew to the Germans, Hersh Laib Machabansky's son-in-law, that he had so to say telephone conversations with the Russians. The Germans carried out a search by the Jew, who dealt in old things, and they found some pieces of telephone wire. This was already sufficient that he was condemned to death, while this was considered maintaining contact with the enemy. After a strong intervention and effort from the Belchatower Rabbi, Reb Tzemach and the Evangelical Pastor (who was a straight out friend of the Jews), it worked itself out to having the sentence revoked, and that Jew was sent as a captive to Germany. After the war he returned home.
A short time passed and Belchatow was given over to the Austrian military commander, to administer in place of the Germans. One could live with them a little bit more in peace, without terror / fear, but there was not any way to make a living. The worst [situation] was with the weavers and the mass [majority] of Belchatow Jews were still weavers. Other professions [trades] such as bakers, shoe makers, tailors, and so on had it easier to find a piece of bread [make a living], but for the majority of Belchatower it was difficult and bitter times.
In the year 1915 the military front estranged itself [moved away] from our home region and Belchatow was practically isolated from the surrounding world. Lodz for example, belonged to the German military administration and [in order] to travel there, one had to obtain special permission from the Belchatow town commandant, which was not always easy to obtain. Our Belchatow with her textile production, was completely dependant upon the great [large] Lodz, and not just economically, but all in all we were torn apart from the surrounding world. It was seldom when information [news] reached us about the goings on that were occurring in the larger world.
Not having looked [directly] upon it, still news from the [outside] world, also tore itself through to Belchatow. By us, in person, the social [communal] life in town revived itself. The Cultural Organization was founded under the auspices of the Bund, that as a forerunner of many years played an important role in raising and orienting Jewish youth.
The Social Organization was a warm corner and drawing place for the youth. I too, as a 15 year old boy [student] used to go in there to warm up and listen to a lecture from a local [home town] lecturer, or to a guest who was invited from time to time. The main leaders whom I remember in the Cultural Organization were: Abraham and Henoch Lieberman, Simcha Stadtlander, Yecheil Laibish Goldberg, Chatzkl Bierenzweig [Birenczwajg], and others who I don't remember any more. A nice and cultural dedication was carried out, around which was assembled the more intelligent and cultured portion of the Belchatow youth.
The economic situation however became more difficult and unbearable from day to day, and one was forced (drawn) to look for special ways out and the said ways were to consent to allow yourself to go to other countries within the area that belonged to Germany. A group of young people signed up to go to work in Hungary. I was however too young and they did not want to take me.
At that time Mendel and Wolw Szczukocki, Abraham and Shalom Pukac, David Zylberglat, Yishaya Abramowicz, as well as a lot of others went away. Some of them were killed in the year 1918, in Bela Kun's army, taking part in the battle against the counter revolutionary armies. In that fighting perished the Belchatow youth: Shalom Pukac and Przybilski.
In 1917 the resonance of the February Revolution in Russia arrived in Belchatow, and the news that the Czar had been dethroned. Later the news arrived, that the Bolsheviks took over the government, concluded a separate peace pact with the Germans, and declared the Proletariat Dictatorship, with the outlook of spreading it to the whole world.
The war ended and it awoke the hopes for a nicer and better world, which regrettably did not come to be [pass].
Footnotes* Fanya is a derogatory nickname for Russia. Return
** The author's father was Ire Laibish Zylberszac and he rented fields with orchards from which he harvested the fruit and sold it. Return
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In Israel, they are building, or better yet, they have already built, a new place to record everything that is or was Judaism in the world, mainly in the last centuries.
Together with the institutions Yad Vashem, Kibbutz Lohamei Hagetaot The Ghetto Fighters Kibbutz, the Martef Hashoah (the Cellar of the Holocaust), they made the Bet Hatefutsoth [Museum of the Jewish Diaspora], which describes all that the Jewish towns created in the diaspora (or galuth) during the last two thousand years.
In this sacred place, we cannot and must not forget the name of the village Belchatow! That is how our compatriots of Israel understood it, and how our companions of the United States, and how our friends of Brazil contributed, and this is how we must also.
Because the last sparks of those who knew Belchatow are being quenched, if we do not do it ourselves no one will replace us.
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Edited by Jerry Liebowitz and Gloria Berkenstadt Freund [with comments in brackets]
It is not an easy task to write about the memories of the former city where we were born, which was called Belchatow. All of us loved and cherished the small town. And even now when this very shtetl no longer exists we Jews speak its name with much love and great respect.
First of all, the shtetl itself. Until today, nobody has estimated or calculated the size and the amount of the population of Belchatow. It is assumed that Belchatow was like hundreds of other average small towns in Poland. Jews believe that the population in the shtetl itself had reached 6,000 souls, of which about 5,000 were Jews and about 1,000 were non-Jews. According to this same accounting, Jews in this shtetl should have a majority of councilors on the City Council and in City Hall and perhaps the President of the town should be a Jew. But, because Polish patriotism could by no means permit this, a series of surrounding areas and even villages were annexed to the town. In this way, Greater Belchatow, which numbered 12,000 souls, was created (incidentally, the Poles did this same thing with many an actual Jewish city and shtetl) and the result was a Polish majority
And the same could also be said of Belchatow's designation by many as a city, others as a town [shtetl], and still others as a small town [shtetele]. This came in large measure from the size of the city but much more from the love felt for and carried by a person for this city (or shtetl).
And we possessed all of the qualities possessed by either a city, a town, or a small town. And it is not so easy to cite every type possessed by Belchatow and every episode. However, it can be said without hesitation that there was a rich Jewish life in Belchatow certainly from a spiritual standpoint, which we could share (and did share) with all Jewish settlements in the former Poland.
The Jews did not have a very good financial and economic life in Belchatow. There were very few rich Jews, so few that they could be counted on the fingers of one hand... There was also a certain [portion] a larger portion that belonged to the so-called middle class, that one could say, in great measure, was a class without means. These were the merchants and craftsmen, who had the special problem of writing and erasing; that is, receiving a loan in one place in order to pay the debt in another place. They borrowed and planned, and their lives did not become easier.
The poor comprised the third and largest class. There was no lack of them in our shtetl, and they were the actual majority of us.
But that which we did not demonstrate in the economical realm, we did attain and demonstrate in the spiritual, social, and cultural realms. Thus, our shtetl stood on a very high level and could compete with the larger, and even the very large, cities of Jewish Poland. All the Jewish [political] parties and groupings, from the right to the extreme left, existed and were active in Belchatow, and [they] occupied an important place even outside Belchatow. In this regard, it is enough to say that the Jewish parties of Poland always had one or two members on the Central Committee [in Warsaw] from Belchatow, which means that we Belchatowers had an influence on the national policies of all parties.
Every political party possessed a large and rich library, which was used by many readers. Each party had free evening courses and also almost free public schools [folkshuln]. Belchatow had a staff of its own good speakers, yet, speakers from Warsaw and Lodz would also visit us.
All of the great Jewish artists and ensembles performed in the same Firemen's Hall, and their success was assured. In this way, we were visited by Morris Schwartz and his [theater] troupe, the Vilner Trupe [Troupe of Vilna], Ida Kaminsky [Editor's note: she was known as Ida Kaminska], Pesakh'ke Burstyn, and many others. And even though, as we stated earlier, the Belchatower Jews were not wealthy, they would find the means, and the Jewish artists and theater troupes had much success here.
Each one lived out his life spiritually and felt comfortable in his party, as in his home (and often even better than in his home); they would play chess or checkers there. Kestel-oventn [evenings with a variety of speakers and writers presenting their ideas, designed for people with little education] used to take place, in which they would pose questions and carry on discussions. They would hold readings and lectures on all kinds of themes, concerning both Jewish matters and also world-problems.
All of this occurred before the German devils, with the help of the Poles, may their names be erased, destroyed everything.
Everyone made his living in Belchatow, not only for himself but also for another; one would go to another to ask for something for a third one and when one could, one gave, and someone else would say something good about him. It was the same with spiritual food: someone who could [read] gave a reading, and the other listened to him. One taught another to read or to write; in turn he worked to earn money for bread, for himself, for his family, or for the poor.
I remember very well how my mother, of blessed memory, every Friday took a neighbor, Mrs. Shatan (Issachar Shatan's mother), or Chana the kasha maker, of blessed memory, and used to go from door to door, collecting products and distributing them to the needy homes. And therefore, the saying is correct, that kol yisroel yesh lahem chelek l'olam habah [All Israel has a place in the world to come (Paradise)].
And the Mishnah says about this, that the explanation of [the expression], all Israel has a place in the world to come, is that a poor man who is unable to give any charity will receive the same portion of Paradise as the rich men who can give all Israel without distinction!
[15] And when Belchatow is remembered, one must exclaim: Chaval el davdin v'lo mishtavchin [Woe to those who are lost and not remembered] woe to all of us that we are unable to bring back the thousands of Jews from Belchatow and the millions of Jews from Eastern Europe that perished [at the hands of the Nazis] before their time and did not live out their lives!
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[This translation is only of part of the article, pages 72-73]
. It was the 11th of August 1942, early in the morning. Belchatow was surrounded by the German police and S.S. people. They chased out the Jewish people from all the houses. At the Synagogue and at other places they made selections. About 80% of the Jews were pushed into the Shul and about 20% - who had a younger and physically stronger outlook were loaded into big freight automobiles and sent to the Lodzer Ghetto. All of the others who were together, the young and the old Belchatower, were taken away, as we later found out, to perish in Chelmno.
The village of Chelmno is located 12 kilometers from Kolo, on the way to Dobia, on the river Narev. In this village the Germans made their first gas chamber.
How did the Belchatower Jews perish in Chelmno? How did these mass murders of the Jewish people in general, take place in Chelmno? We found out about this from three Jewish gravediggers, who somehow, with great risk to themselves, did run away from this terrible place. Their report is published in a book under the name In the Years of the Jewish Tragedy, from which we bring here a lengthy excerpt:
The arriving Jews were first taken into the church of Chelmno where they left their belongings. From there the Jews were taken to an old castle. This was a one story dilapidated place which used to be one time a palace that was destroyed in the First World War. On their arrival in Chelmno the Jews were handled delicately and mildly. They were helped coming out of the wagons and so on, with courtesy. Especially chanting was one older German of about 60 years of age.
The Jews were taken into a barn which was surrounded by ladders, just like in a steam bath. From there steps led to an underground corridor where there was a ramp at the end. At the side of the corridor were basements. In one of these basements this old German gave a speech to the Jews.
He told them they were being taken to the Lodzer Ghetto where the men would be employed in factories and in businesses and other kinds of work. The women would do housework and the children would be sent to school, but that they must first take showers in the local baths and would have to be disinfected, also their clothes would be disinfected as well. The Jews were then told to undress, the women except for their shirts, and the men except for their underwear. Valuable things were to be left so that they would not get spoiled. Finally they were all taken down the corridor to the ramp.
Here there was a sudden change in the way the Germans handled them. With whips and rifle butts they chased and put the Jews into trucks. At this time there were scenes impossible to describe of the fear and the bewilderment of the Jews. They prayed in a very loud voice.
The trucks were fitted out with metal on the inside and underneath pipes were installed through which they pumped in the gas. This gas machine was controlled by the driver. After they had pushed the victims into the trucks and closed the doors, the truck then drove about 7 kilometers in the direction of Kolo. This trip took about 15 minutes. Over there, left of the main road was the place they took them to.
The whole place was surrounded by Police equipped with machine guns. Here was a grave from about 5 meters (or 16 feet) deep, and 1-1½ meters wide at the bottom of the grave and 5 meters wide at the top of the grave. Here were around 30 Germans and from 20-50 Jewish gravediggers dressed only in shirts. From the approaching trucks you could hear muffled shrieks and banging on the walls of the trucks, but in about 15 minutes everything fell silent.
One of the drivers, dressed in a Hitler detachment uniform, put on a flashlight and looked through the small glass on the truck. When he saw that everyone was dead he drove the truck to the mass grave.
The Commander of the S.S. then gave a signal to open the truck. Eight Jewish gravediggers started their work. Four threw down the dead bodies from the truck, two others threw them into the grave and two more, standing in the grave, put them around. Two civilian Germans again checked every dead body, ripping off rings from fingers, chains from necks, and pulling out golden teeth with pliers. The abused and murdered bodies were then laid out in the grave in a row, under the direction of the S.S. men who would point to these with a tree branch in his hand showing that the head of one body is to be placed at the feet of another body. Children were put in the empty spaces between. In such a layer about 200 bodies were placed, then earth was shoveled on top of this layer and then another layer of bodies was put in.
With such a gruesome and martyred death, together with thousands and thousands of Brothers and Sisters of our nation, also perished our Belchatower Jews .
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This book was a Christmas present from my brother and sister-in-law, that I picked out for myself on a fabulous day in London with Susan (sis-in-law), from one of my absolutely favourite shops ever – Books For Cooks. I was lucky enough to go into the shop with money to spend so I knew I was coming out with at least one new book (which realistically would have happened even if I hadn't had any money since I can never resist!). So Sus and I took off our jackets (nothing like making yourself feel at home in a book shop!) and despite the absence of the big comfy couch we managed just fine, scouring all the shelves checking out the titles one by one! A little alarmingly for me was the fact that I was able to tick off a few too many books as already having them in my own library but I shouldn't really be too surprised when I have hundreds and hundreds of books!
As we were searching through the shelves and tables I soon came across this book. As soon as I saw the brown and pink cover sitting on the 'new releases' table I was instantly drawn to it and things only got better once I opened it and started looking at the recipes. You know it's a good sign when your tummy starts rumbling and you start drooling looking at photographs and reading the recipes!


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- This is a big win. Every win is big but in order to come into a place like St Louis and handle a good Rams team like this, this team had to be well-prepared. For the second week in a row, Mike McCarthy and Dom Capers have done a phenomenal job getting this team ready to play. The game plan was very good for this game and we executed really well.
- While our secondary was not playing against a very good QB or great WRs, I can't help but be encouraged by the play of our secondary the last 2 games. House and Hayward are REALLY good. I am really encouraged by this – especially in light of the fact that the worst CB in the game for us today was Tramon Williams. (I'm not really worried about Williams, just being dramatic. But it's true, he had the worst game among DBs.)
- Our D-Line has looked really good. The pressure on the opposing QB has helped our secondary look good as well. And while the Rams did do some damage on the ground today, it was mostly inconsequential damage.
- Rodgers is playing really well. Suddenly, in the last 2 games, he seems to have gotten his focus back. He is unstoppable when he's focused like that.
- Our receiving group is playing incredibly well. Jones, Jordy and Cobb are all playing so incredibly well I can't help but actually worry about how things will be when Jennings come back. McCarthy will have to figure out how to work him back in effectively without disrupting the tremendous offensive rhythm we have developed.
- Alex Green looked quite good today. Sometimes stats don't tell the whole story (he only finished with 20 rushes for 35 yards, a weak 1.8 YPC ). But his 4 catches for 29 yards were huge – and they came at key times. This guys has filled in reasonably well for Benson thus far.
- I find it interesting that our defense has played so well in the last 2 games – including one game against a high-powered offense. We didn't have BJ Raji. At the risk of being called an idiot, it makes me wonder a bit about Raji's true value to the defense. He's a good player it seems by most accounts, but why is it that our D has looked markedly better when he's been out? Sure, there are lots of possible explanations (like our offense clicking, thereby forcing opposing offenses to force it more). But the guys who've filled in for Raji appear to me to be doing a great job, perhaps a better job than Raji. Again the challenge for the coaches will be working Raji back in without disrupting the rhythm the defense has developed the last few games.
- AJ Hawk continues to play at a different level this year. I have to say, he had a couple of rattling hits today that made me wonder if that haircut made him considerably stronger.
- Kuhn played a nice role in this game today. He is a very solid player. He reminds me of a Horace Grant, or a Robert Horry – the 2 guys I also think about when I think about super-helpful role players. (Also, 2 guys who have a number of championship rings.)
- Overall, a very solid victory. I like that both Rodgers and McCarthy did a great job reversing an ugly start to the season with two very important road victories. Nicely done fellas.
Packers/Rams Game Recap
3 Responses to "Packers/Rams Game Recap"
56coop Says:
October 21, 2012 at 5:59 pm |
Such a weird season so far. Packers have to turn it on now. Got to win the non divisi games now & really turn it on in those last divisional games in the last 7 weeks. Of course I am pointing out the obvious here.
Been kinda curious, where's Ron, Packerlady & that guy from NY who was such a Favre fan?
Jeff L Says:
October 21, 2012 at 7:47 pm |
I really liked how we put the game away with the pass to cobb when we needed to. Packers of first 5 games would have found a way to NOT execute. Didn't see the same play from d-line that you did Andrew. Lots of 5 yd runs. I'll take bj back please. Rams o-line was totally patchwork and seemed to play respectable most of game.
AZ Warrior Says:
October 21, 2012 at 10:04 pm |
Just love how Cobb is coming on.
Pickett to me seems a more natural NT than Raji. Our defensive line may be better served by putting Raji at DE and keeping Pick at NT.


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The Zeros – 4-3-2-1…Zeros (Release Year – 1991)
The Zeros were one of the many bands in the L.A. scene that never made it to the top. The band played with virtually every band on the Sunset Strip that got a record deal in the late 80's.
4-3-2-1…Zeros is the band's debut release on Restless Records. By the time this disc came out, the glam metal scene was on life support, and the Zeros chances of making it to the top were shot.
On 4-3-2-1…Zeros, I hear a lot of 70's glam, mixed with some 80's punk rock. This isn't your typical hair metal band for this time period. Their influences shine through much more than some of their Los Angeles predecessors.
As far as 80's pop metal goes, I can hear parts of Cheap Trick, a little bit of Motley Crue, and maybe a dash of Poison. The music is light hearted fun, and some of the songs here are tongue in cheek kind of stuff. Some of the tunes have a hard edge, while some tread the pop rock side of the fence. My favorite tunes on this disc are Love's Not Fair, Sticky Sweet Girls and Too Young.
4-3-2-1….Zeros has been out of print for quite a while. You can still score a copy of this CD through Amazon.com and Ebay. It is worth picking up if you can find a reasonably priced copy. For more information on The Zeros, check out their website at this location.
Track Listing:
1. Introduction
2. Oh Yeah
3. Love's Not Fair
4. Sticky Sweet Girls
5. Zero to Mom
6. Death Rock Girl (Did You See?)
7. Rich Chicks
8. Nobody Cares
9. Too Young
10. Society
11. Wish I Knew
12. Do You Want Some More?
13. Raging Rock & Roll
14. 4-3-2-1
15. Goodnight
The Zeros are:
Sammy Serious – Vocals
Joe Normal – Guitars
Danny Dangerous – Bass
Mr. Insane – Drums
Interesting little video….how did this band slip through the cracks?
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WORCESTER � Tuesday at 3:45 p.m., the medieval castle doors of the Higgins Armory Museum are to close for the last time. Three generations of the Higgins family will be present for the occasion.
The collection is moving to the Worcester Art Museum, and the building is being sold.
Clarinda "Rindy" Higgins, granddaughter of the museum's founder, John Woodman Higgins, said it is the last opportunity to thank her grandfather, whose vision inspired generations of young men and women, provided a resource for scholars and fascinated people of all ages.
"Unfortunately, closing the museum means closing the book on an important part of Worcester's industrial heritage," said Ms. Higgins, who is a Worcester native and lifetime incorporator of the Higgins Armory Museum.
Though she and husband, William G. Armstrong Jr., live in Westport, Conn., the couple often visits their one-room post-and-beam cabin in Brookfield that was once owned by her grandfather. Ms. Higgins said she and her husband have deep connections in Worcester.
"I'm a Bancroft School girl and have fond memories of Worcester," she said. "I haven't turned my back on it."
She said she recently asked her deceased grandfather for direction on what should happen to the glass and steel icon on Barber Avenue.
"I asked him to speak to me and he said it is an opportunity," she said. "I'm not sure what that opportunity is, but he said to do something new and innovative � not let it go dusty or tear it down."
Ms. Higgins said she would love to see the building reused in an exciting, vibrant way that would add to the culture of Worcester. A committee formed to determine the building's fate, she said, was narrowly focused and she is concerned trustees will expedite the sale to send money quickly to the Worcester Art Museum.
Its placement on the National Register of Historic Places does not necessarily protect the building from demolition, she added.
"I would hate to see such an innovative place disappear," she said. "It is a landmark site coming into Worcester and dramatic to see on the hill."
Ms. Higgins said she sees the building possibly repurposed as a hotel or a restaurant, but understands challenges for a new owner would be heating and cooling the immense structure.
"My grandfather was such an innovative thinker he would have made it the first of the next-generation of things and used cutting-edge solar and use of mirrors to reflect light to cut down on electricity costs," she said. "The building itself stands for history and innovation at the same time. I can see my grandfather looking down and saying, 'Reinvent it.' Worcester could use a shot in the arm and sparkle there with something that is culturally appealing."
Her husband agrees and understands the complexities involved, but sees moving the collection as a great loss.
"No one knows how to use that purpose-built structure," Mr. Armstrong said. "And you can't learn this kind of thing in any other context. The curators and others at the museum know what they are doing and have done it so well for so long and there is so much history built into this place, it is literally impossible to replicate that in any other venue.
"The Worcester Art Museum will do its best to exhibit part of the collection they are taking and put a lot of it on display, but no matter what anyone does with the pieces that constitute the collection, it won't ever look like it did in the context of the great castle building on Barber Avenue."
He said he likes to think of it as a line from "Camelot."
"Don't let it be forgot, once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment, that was known as � the Higgins Armory Museum," he said.
"For us, the loss of this museum is also personal," Ms. Higgins added. "As a child, I celebrated so many wonderful holidays here with my grandparents and our big extended family. On the last day of this museum, we wouldn't want to be anywhere else."
Two of founder John Woodman Higgins' great-grandsons and three of his great-great-grandchildren will also be taking their final tour of the iconic collection Tuesday.
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"I think for everybody in Australian cricket it's been really tough few months," Clarke said, according to the BBC. "Tonight is certainly dedicated to our little brother and our teammate Phillip Hughes."
Hughes was struck in the head by a ball and was rushed to a hospital for emergency surgery. He remained a medically-induced coma for two days before his death. He was 25.
Australia defeated New Zealand by seven wickets in the World Cup final on Sunday. It was a record fifth World Cup victory for the Australians, and their fourth in the last five tournaments. No other country has won more than twice.
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Move over, Snoop Dogg, Eminem and Nelly: the Beastie Boys have also been immortalized as commercially available action figures. And, in a rather superhero-like gesture, Mike "Mike D" Diamond, Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz and Adam "MCA" Yauch are donating the proceeds from sales of their limited-edition figures to charity.
The action figures — resembling those featured in the Spike Jonze-directed video for 'Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win' — cost $750 per set of three and can be purchased through the group's website. Each set comes in a metal box and includes stands, clothing, extra hand attachments and other accessories. With each order, the Beasties will include a two-disc deluxe version of 'Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science' (while supplies last).
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In April 1986, the U.S. Army Cadet Command was formed. Cadet Command transformed the ROTC from a decentralized organization turning out a heterogeneous group of junior officers into a centralized command producing lieutenants of high and uniform quality. Today, Army ROTC has 272 programs located at colleges and universities with an enrollment of more than 25,000. It produces more than 60 percent of the second lieutenants who join the active Army, the Army National Guard and the U.S. Army Reserve. More than 40 percent of active duty Army General Officers were commissioned through the ROTC. Of even greater importance is that ROTC trained and educated officers bring a hybrid vigor to our officer corps by drawing on the strength and variety of our social fabric.
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A woman walks past shark fins drying on a road in Hong Kong, July 30, 2014. China is one of the world's biggest markets for shark fins where it is commonly served as a soup at wedding banquets and corporate parties. Conservationists say booming demand for fins has put pressure on the world's shark populations, prompting calls for measures to restrict their trade.
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John Thune is out, who benefits?
The not-altogether-surprising decision by South Dakota Sen. John Thune to decline a run for president in 2012 does have a ripple effect on the men (and woman?) who remain potential candidates for the GOP nod.
So, who benefits from a Thune-less field?
The most obvious beneficiary is former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty who would have occupied similar space to Thune had the South Dakota Senator run.
Stylistically, the two men are quite similar. Both are happy warriors for the conservative cause, optimistic Midwestern/Plain states Republicans who bill themselves as fresh faces for a party badly in need of them. Both also rely heavily on their personal story; Pawlenty, the blue collar, Sam's Club Republican who was the first person in his family to go to college, Thune the small-town boy who made good.
Ideologically, the men also have a number of parallels. Both Thune and Pawlenty are social conservatives with often-underestimated support among evangelicals. But neither is the oft-caricatured fire-breathing conservative candidate, a trait that supporters of each have long argued make them more electable than many in the field.
Geographically, Thune and and Pawlenty would have been headed on a collision course had they both run. Both men represented states that border Iowa -- the site of the first-in-the-nation caucuses -- and would have made a major push in the Hawkeye State to catapult themselves into national prominence.
With Thune out of the running, Pawlenty will have more room to run -- both in Iowa and elsewhere -- as the new kid on the block, not a bad place to be given the Republican electorate's demonstrated desire for new voices in the 2010 midterms.
While Pawlenty may benefit most from Thune's no-go decision, it also should open up the Iowa field slightly -- good news for any of the lesser known candidates like Govs. Mitch Daniels (Ind.) and Haley Barbour (Miss.) who need to make their names, literally, with a strong finish in Iowa.
Thune's departure also creates a vacuum in the field for a candidate fighting President Obama's proposals from Washington over the next two years.
Though none of the 2012 Republican aspirants want to associate themselves too closely with the nation's capital given the antipathy toward the city within their base, there is an opening now for someone who can credibly say: "I am fighting the President and his policies every day on the front lines."
The obvious person to fill that role in the context of a presidential race is South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint (R) who has emerged as a prime antagonist not just for the President but also for the leadership in his own party over the past two years.
DeMint has been dismissive of the possibility of running for president but his political advisers have suggested he has not entirely close the door on the idea.
It's important to remember in the midst of all of this analysis that Thune was not a major factor in any poll of the 2012 field and so overestimating the impact his departure will have on the field is a danger.
That said, every presidential race is like a game of chess. When one piece is taken off the board, the others pieces are re-positioned to improve your chances of winning.
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"We follow governments' monetary policies and fiscal policies, and quite frankly I'm scared."
The stark comment accurately summed the roundtable discussion hosted by Merk Funds' president and chief investment officer Axel Merk on Monday in Denver. Titled "Currently Wars and Competitive Evaluation," Merk (left) sounded off on a number of topics related to currency, economies and central bank actions worldwide.
Although Merk was nervous about the relative strength and actions taken recently by global policymakers, the strife nonetheless represents opportunity, he stressed.
"Cultural differences often dictate whether countries will, or will not, significantly add to their balance sheets," Merk began. "For those that don't like the bad guys adding to their debt, they will really like Australia, who is busy mopping it up."
Japan, he said, is "only now getting around to ramping up their printing press," and while "we talk about tapering, Europe is pursuing it."
Moving to a discussion the Federal Reserve, he noted that regional presidents are mainly academics, and will often disagree. The institution's governors, on the other hand, are more in lockstep and tend not to disagree.
"This year is one of the most dovish years for voting members," he explained. "Although he didn't use the term 'irrational exuberance' in the recent speech, that's what he meant. The markets reacted poorly and he walked it back."
The trouble the Fed is seeing, he added, is the underlying trouble with employment, in that more part-time jobs are being added and less full-time jobs, something that has little to do with the health of the economy and everything to do with Obamacare, Merk claimed.
"We might be the cleanest of the dirty shirts, as so many pundits like to point out, but we underperformed the euro last year as well as year to date. That means this is a financial boom, and not, say, a housing boom. So what happens when mortgage rates rise?"
Traditionally, Bernanke never really worried about long-term unemployment figures, Merk continued, because of the aging demographic and "that's just what happens. Someone at the fed then showed him the raw numbers. It turns out that isn't happening; people are working longer and not retiring. That's a real problem."
Bernanke, Merk claimed, wants to leave a legacy of "he saved the world during and after the financial crisis. It may not be true but that's how he wants to pass the baton to the next guy or gal."
Returning to Japan, he noted that after 2008, the yen was the best performing currency, but it's status as a safe haven has eroded in conjunction with the country's current account balance.
"If the government is dysfunctional, the yen goes up," he explained. "The reason is that dysfunctional governments can't spend money. But now the same party controls various houses of government. The Japanese think a weaker yen is their path to prosperity. The issue is a weaker yen allows them to export without having to innovate. There's no incentive. Japan didn't invent the iPhone, and that is a problem."
The larger meaning is that "Japan is no Cypress," and when they have a crisis it ripples through other economies.
"Japan is likely the next crisis, but it could also be the Brits or even us."
He argued that real wages in many countries "have gone nowhere. " When that happens discontent grows and populist governments are elected. Populist governments rarely deal with underlying problems. The path of least resistance is usually inflation.
When asked for his thoughts on the next Fed chairman, Merk cited vice-chairman Janet Yellen as the most likely candidate, but also mentioned former Treasury secretary Tim Geithner and Larry Suumers, as well.
"Yellen does not have much managerial experience, which you need when herding the cats on the FOMC. She did, however, gain kudos from the press when they recently released the transcripts of the 2007 meeting in which she pretty much predicted everything that happened in 2008."
Geithner, Merk claims, thinks he saved the world during the financial crisis, and has signaled that he won't end QE for five to eight years.
"Geithner won't rock the boat, but he oversaw the IRS during the campaign, so Republicans would love to grill him on that."
As for Summers, Merk calls him the greatest debater he's ever met, but he still retains the mark of scandal for comments made while president of Harvard about women's suitability for the higher echelons of science.
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